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Oncology Centres
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which oncology centres are refusing patients treatment on grounds of lack of money. [17942]
Mr. Horam: This information is not available centrally.
Mental Health
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the health authorities covered by the survey of mental health provision indicating which categories of 1, 2a, 2b or 3 each falls into. [17937]
Mr. Bowis: We already have, in the "Review of the Purchasing of Mental Health Services by Health Authorities in England", issued on 20 February, copies of which are available in the Library.
Ionising Radiation
Mr. Charles Wardle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health to what extent the ionising radiation regulations apply to patients being exposed to radioactive sources for clinical treatment. [18328]
Mr. Horam: The Ionising Radiations (Protection of Persons Undergoing Medical Examination or Treatment) Regulations 1988 apply to all persons undergoing exposure to radiation for medical purposes.
Nursery Places
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many places were provided in nurseries for children under three years of age in England for each year since 1990. [18248]
Mr. Bowis: Information available centrally on day nurseries relates to places for children aged under five and was published by the Department of Health in "Children's day care facilities at 31 March 1994, England, A/F 94/16".
Information on pupils aged two at the beginning of the school year and attending nursery classes in maintained primary schools or maintained nursery schools was published by the Department for Education and Employment in "Statistical Bulletin 1/96: Pupils Under Five Years of Age in Schools in England--January 1995".
Copies of both publications are available in the Library.
Mrs. Helen Jackson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of toxic shock syndrome from women's use of tampons have been reported to the Medical Officer of Health in each of the last five years. [18562]
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Mr. Horam:
The following information has been collected by the central public health laboratory.
Number of cases of menstrually-associated toxic shock syndrome in:
Mr. Alton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many human embryos have been frozen in each year since the practice was first sanctioned by law. [18317]
Mr. Horam:
As recorded in the records of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the numbers of embryos stored were as follows:
Mr. Alton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many frozen human embryos have been experimented on and then destroyed since the practice was first sanctioned by law; [18318]
Mr. Horam:
The total number of embryos created from 1991 to 1994 was 498,493. Of these, 27,493 embryos were donated for research; it is not, however, possible to give separate figures for frozen or unfrozen embryos.
Mr. Alton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many cases the parents of frozen embryos are currently untraceable; and what are the figures for parents of embryos frozen in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995.[18320]
Mr. Horam:
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos) Regulations 1996 enables all centres licensed under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 to contact couples with embryos in store under the five-year limit arrangements so that the possibility of extension can be considered. It is not possible at this stage to judge how many will not be traced.
Mr. Alton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects of deep freezing on (a) the human embryo, (b) the likelihood of mutation in the embryo and (c) the chance of achieving a successful pregnancy using a frozen embryo. [18361]
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Mr. Horam:
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's working group on embryo freezing considered the scientific and ethical aspects of embryo freezing. It undertook a review of the literature on embryo freezing and established that the evidence suggests that there are no long-term genetic implications arising out of current cryopreservation methods. Nor is there any evidence to suggest that the current freezing protocols are harmful to humans.
The working group also established that there is good scientific evidence from animal studies that viable embryos stored under proper conditions will not suffer harm from cryopreservation over very extended periods of time.
Two studies on children born from frozen embryos in the UK have shown that the rate of congenital abnormalities is no greater than in the general population.
In 1993 there were 3,002 treatment cycles using frozen embryos and there were 382 live births, giving a live birth rate of 12.7 per cent. compared with an unfrozen embryo live birth rate of 14.4 per cent.
Mr. Alton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many human embryos have not survived the freezing and defrosting process since the practice became legal. [18362]
Mr. Horam:
This information is not available.
Mr. Milburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list (a) the number of inquiries to the Department of Health consultancy service index, (b) the number of individuals who have been notified that they are to be included on the index and (c) the number of individuals who have appealed against inclusion on the index for each year since 1986. [18833]
Mr. Bowis:
This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Milburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the responses to his consultation on the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 and supervised activities and holiday play schemes. [18832]
Mr. Bowis:
We are considering the responses received to the consultation document. The Government will give their response in due course.
Mr. Barron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received from kidney patients' associations concerning the publication of the national review of renal services. [18830]
Mr. Horam:
Representations have been received from the National Kidney Federation concerning the publications of the national review of renal services and they will be meeting me to discuss this in April.
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Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the total number of people who died from (a) alcohol poisoning and (b) alcohol-related illnesses in each of the past five years. [18591]
Mr. Bowis:
The numbers of people who died from alcohol poisoning (11) in England and Wales in the last five years are as follows:
Sir John Gorst:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the role of the private finance initiative in the development of Barnet hospital. [18683]
Mr. Horam:
The Wellhouse national health service trust, of which Barnet hospital is part, already has phase 1a of its development under construction and has had approval to the outline business case for phase 1b. It is now investigating the potential advantages to be gained by proceeding with this project under the private finance initiative. The trust is making good progress in its negotiations with potential private sector partners, and it intends to submit its full business case within the next few months.
Ms Harman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total remuneration of each NHS district health authority's general manager for 1990. [18743]
Mr. Malone:
The information is not available centrally.
The figures for 1995 are not yet available.
1990: 15
1991: 14
1992: 11
1993: 12
1994: 8
Data for 1995 have not yet been validated.
1991: 4,920
1992: 15,932
1993: 19,717
1994: 23,484
(2) how many unfrozen human embryos have been experimented on and then destroyed since the practice was first sanctioned by law. [18319]
1990: 153
1991: 152
1992: 126
1993: 136
1994: 122
(11) (Code 980, International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision).
I also refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Peckham (Ms Harman) on 19 December 1995 at column 1148.
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